Tuesday, January 20, 2009

A Real Dynamo

Sony Pictures has landed the distribution rights to the Blaxploitation spoof Black Dynamite reports Variety.



Picked up overnight from Sundance for $2 million, the deal came with a heavy marketing commitment from Sony and the studio will aim for a release later this year.

Set in the 1970s, Black Dynamite is an African-American action hero who is willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House.

Michael Jai White, Mykelti Williamson, Bokeem Woodbine, Roger Yuan, Tucker Smallwood, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Phil Morris and Nicole Sullivan star.

The studio hopes to start a franchise from the film,

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